Norway Adventure

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Hello again, well we are now on the last part of this great voyage as we now head into Bergen, due to arrive there this afternoon at about 14.30. The weather these last few days has been excellent allowing us some excellent views of the fantastic scenery, some of the photos are below. The most northerly port was Kirkenes, it was a dull rainy misty day when we we were there, as well as it being a Sunday everything was closed even the church !!! some adventurers took an excursion to the Russian Border ... back southbound again we stopped in at Hammerfest, I went into the Polar Bear Museum, shows and tells the stories of their way of life as well as having some other "stuffed" animals on show, you can also become a member of the Polar Bear Society. It was the Lofoten Islands that were our next stop, again an excursion was offered, which should have been a major highlight, unfortunately, badly planned out and not such a good guide, he was Spanish !!!! if anyone ever does this tour make sure that it is in the summer, or at the beginning of August ... late August and the nights are shorter which means the last part of the tour is in the dark.  Continuing south we had another stop in Trondheim, and it was also nice to see some of the little ports that called at through the night on the northbound journey, that is about it for this journey, have a lot of photos to show you, think they speak for themselves. I would certainly recommend this tour to everyone, you can do as little or as much as you wish. The food on the ship is excellent, cabins are basic but clean and comfortable, remember this is a working ship, it is NOT a cruise ship, people come and go, at all the ports... goods get transported as well as cars using it as a ferry, but for scenery it has to be one of the best cruises in the world ... hope to see you on board ... ( Coming up next week - Toronto, Niagara and New York as well as a seven day cruise up the eastern seaboard)... starts the 12th September... see you there........
Arctic Cathedral Tromso 

Honningsvag 

Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim


Route Timings

Lofoten Islands 

Trollfjord

Scenic Sunset
Russian Border 

Trollfjord entrance

Scenic Sunset on the fjord
Location: Bergen, Norway

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